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07-09-2008, 07:29 AM
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Help! A Snail Bloom!
About 3 months ago I brought four Ramshorn snails home from a local pet shop for my 29G. Yesterday I found the most peculiar thing. I found a small baby Ramshorn snail about the size of a period or so. Then I got to looking around and found about 10 more tiny snails so I quickly figured out that at least 2 of my adult Ramshorn snails had mated since they are not asexual. My question is what exactly do I do with all of them? Is it ok to leave them in the tank until they are larger so that I can give them to a pet shop?
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55G (Upgrading to a 135G soon) 5 Tiger Barbs 4 Albino Cories 4 Emerald Cories 2 Rosy Barbs 2 Serpae Tetras 1 Black Ghost Knife (8") 1 Common Pleco 55G 4 Black Moors 3 Golden Dojo Loaches 2 Red Cap Orandas 1 Calico Butterfly 1 Black Kuhli Loach 1 Common Pleco 29G (For Sale) Lots of Ramshorn Snails 5 Long-Finned Zebra Danios 4 Glowlight Tetras 3 Peppered Cories 1 Clown Loach (For snail eating purposes and it's working) 1 Ghost Shrimp |
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07-09-2008, 09:07 AM
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escargot.............
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if we ignore nature;maybe it will go away 10 gallon..nothing but air 10 gallon...just more air 10 gallon...stale air just don't ask about the rest |
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07-09-2008, 09:08 AM
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why give them away when you can sell them...
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if we ignore nature;maybe it will go away 10 gallon..nothing but air 10 gallon...just more air 10 gallon...stale air just don't ask about the rest |
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07-09-2008, 09:10 AM
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I don't think anyone on this site is from Mississippi but myself. Although I suppose I could be wrong. I guess Carigslist is always an option as well.
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55G (Upgrading to a 135G soon) 5 Tiger Barbs 4 Albino Cories 4 Emerald Cories 2 Rosy Barbs 2 Serpae Tetras 1 Black Ghost Knife (8") 1 Common Pleco 55G 4 Black Moors 3 Golden Dojo Loaches 2 Red Cap Orandas 1 Calico Butterfly 1 Black Kuhli Loach 1 Common Pleco 29G (For Sale) Lots of Ramshorn Snails 5 Long-Finned Zebra Danios 4 Glowlight Tetras 3 Peppered Cories 1 Clown Loach (For snail eating purposes and it's working) 1 Ghost Shrimp |
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07-09-2008, 09:29 AM
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i'm sure snails can be shipped easily. just throw some vegetation such as java moss in there for them to hang on to whilst in transit.
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07-09-2008, 10:13 AM
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Does anyone want any Ramshorn Snails? I must admit that they are great algae eaters, much better than Plecos.
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07-09-2008, 10:39 AM
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unfortunately for me, snails and plants don't get along.
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07-09-2008, 11:57 AM
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55G (Upgrading to a 135G soon) 5 Tiger Barbs 4 Albino Cories 4 Emerald Cories 2 Rosy Barbs 2 Serpae Tetras 1 Black Ghost Knife (8") 1 Common Pleco 55G 4 Black Moors 3 Golden Dojo Loaches 2 Red Cap Orandas 1 Calico Butterfly 1 Black Kuhli Loach 1 Common Pleco 29G (For Sale) Lots of Ramshorn Snails 5 Long-Finned Zebra Danios 4 Glowlight Tetras 3 Peppered Cories 1 Clown Loach (For snail eating purposes and it's working) 1 Ghost Shrimp |
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07-09-2008, 01:17 PM
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What are you looking at?
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i'll take the snails for free
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07-09-2008, 09:05 PM
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snails have done an amazing job cleaning up the black algae on my anubias. However i just cannot keep snails alive very long. loaches eat them all and I constantly have to beg friends for snails.
Can't even keep them alive for long in my goldfish tank. They seem to have very short lives.
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07-09-2008, 10:35 PM
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Ill take some, Petco and Petsmart doesnt sell any around me and i have been looking for some!
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07-10-2008, 07:58 PM
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my tropical tanks got infested with snails a few times, I used snail treatment which didn't kill the snails and made my fish sleepy-not good.
then i had to treat my fish for velvet and my fish got better and all the snails disappeared! |
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07-11-2008, 05:11 AM
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if anyone is reading this and wants to get rid of their snails 'had a snail' is a fantastic, super-affordable product. dose with that a few times over a 2 week period, increasing your chances of success by putting some pre-1982 (nearly pure copper) pennies in your substrate. this is also the active ingredient in 'had a snail'.
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07-11-2008, 06:16 AM
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my bottle of had-a-snail has developed some white, flaky/crytaline substance that settles to the bottom of the bottle. any idea what this could be and if i should throw out the bottle?
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